#796A17#796A17

#796A17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.099 H 98.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796A17
RGB	rgb(121, 106, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 81%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, -3.40, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 45.30, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% -0.0144 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.099 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1945, 14.4356, 2.9018)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796A17 #172679

analogous

#793917 #796A17 #577917

triadic

#796A17 #17796A #6A1779

tetradic

#796A17 #177939 #172679 #791757

square

#796A17 #177939 #172679 #791757

split-complementary

#796A17 #175779 #391779

monochromatic

#1A1705 #463D0D #796A17 #AC9721 #D8BF32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#796A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#796A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796A17

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796A17	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83615A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 106, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.099 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3945c',
    500: '#796a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796a17;
$custom-light: #a3945c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52345,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796A17

secondary

#3E4FAE

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F1E9

border

#CECBC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #796A17

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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